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Sting: Award-winning cop, clergyman, teacher arrested for attempting to have sex with children


The Free Thought Project
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
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© thefreethoughtproject.comCop Sting
Cops in the Trenton, New Jersey area have been in the media for multiple acts of brutality and corruption recently. Now, however, they are making headlines once again - this time, for attempting to have sex with children. It's not just cops either, members of the clergy and public school system were also arrested.

This month, officers with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force carried out a sting called "Operation Home Alone." The sting set up fake profiles on multiple social media apps in which officers pretended to be young children. When the predators would seek the children out for sex, instead of meeting a child, they met the undercover cops.

During the sting, which lasted just four days, law enforcement members made 16 arrests, said Attorney General Grewal through a statement:
"The 16 men we arrested allegedly used social media to stalk victims they believed were vulnerable children who could be sexually exploited. Fortunately, their victims were really undercover officers prepared to put them in handcuffs.

"Parents need to know that the profiles of underage girls and boys we posted on social media to catch these offenders could easily have been profiles of their own children, who might also be targeted by predators on chat apps and popular gaming sites. Our message to parents with Operation Home Alone is be on guard. Our message to child predators is law enforcement is working overtime to find you and arrest you."
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Rio Grande Valley experiencing continuous influx of large groups of illegal aliens

Jennie Taer
saraacarter.com
Sun, 28 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Illegal immigrants
© UnknownSouthern Border Patrol and illegal immigrants
This week, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector encountered multiple groups of illegal aliens.

On Monday afternoon, Rio Grande City agents patrolling near Fronton, Texas, encountered a group of 150 illegal aliens, primarily comprised of family units and unaccompanied children who readily turned themselves in. Agents determined the individuals in the group to be from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.

On Tuesday morning, during a span of five hours, McAllen agents apprehended 271 illegal aliens mainly comprised of family units and unaccompanied children from the countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua near the small community of Los Ebanos, Texas. Agents encountered the first group of 98 illegal aliens around midnight, followed by a small group of ten a half hour later. Just after 1:00 A.M., agents encountered another group consisting of 46 illegal aliens. An hour later, a group of 87 turned themselves in, shadowed by another group of 26 illegal aliens. Agents took custody of the last four shortly after 4:30 A.M.

On Wednesday afternoon, Rio Grande City agents responded to the report of a large group of illegal aliens near Roma, Texas. Upon arrival, agents took custody of 180 illegal aliens primarily comprised of family units and unaccompanied children from the countries of Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua.

Border Patrol is processing the subjects accordingly.

Comment: See also:
Hundreds of migrants board 'The Beast' train in Mexico for quick trip to the US border

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Judge rules Lee, Jackson Confederate statues are war memorials

Pete DeLuca
NBC29.com
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:51 UTC
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A judge has ruled that the Confederate statues in downtown Charlottesville are officially protected under state law.

Judge Richard Moore ruled that the statues of Robert E. Lee and Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson are war memorials and therefore cannot be removed by the city without permission from the state.

All of this stems from a lawsuit against both current and former city councilors who voted to remove those two Confederate statues back in 2017.

On Monday, April 29, one of the men who advocated for the relocation of the statues is weighing in on Judge Moore's decision.

"I absolutely disagree with it," Don Gathers, a community activist, said. "It's painful because all it does is retraumatize the community once again."
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What timing! FBI nabs former US Army vet for plotting large-scale domestic terror attack

Andrew Blankstein, Pete Williams, Jonathan Dienst, Eric Leonard, Rich Schapiro
NBC News
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 01:01 UTC
Mark Steven Domingo terror attack plot
A U.S. Army veteran was plotting a large-scale terror attack in Los Angeles as revenge for the mass shootings at two mosques in New Zealand, according to court papers released Monday.

Mark Steven Domingo, 26, boasted about amassing an arsenal of weapons, including 80 pounds of nails for a bomb, to carry out the attack in retaliation for the killing of Muslims by a white supremacist in the city of Christchurch, according to an affidavit supporting the criminal complaint.

He was arrested April 26 after he received what he thought was a live bomb but was, in fact, a phony explosive device supplied by an FBI informant, authorities said.

"There were mosque shootings in new Zealand," Domingo posted to a private group online after the shootings, according to federal prosecutors. "[T]here must be retribution."

Comment: Forgive the cynicism, but the FBI sorely needed some image polishing - and the masses always need to be reminded why we need them: FBI Organizes Almost All Terror Plots in the U.S.

The manufactured clash of civilizations grinds on...

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Christchurch police arrest 33-yo man after suspected explosive device and ammo found at his address

Charlotte Greenfield, Praveen Menon
Reuters
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:42 UTC
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© TVNZ via REUTERSPolice officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video April 30, 2019
New Zealand police said on Tuesday a man was arrested and bomb disposal officers found a package with a suspected explosive device at a vacant property in Christchurch, where 50 people were killed in attacks by a lone gunman on two mosques in March.

Police cordoned off streets in the Phillipstown area of the city on New Zealand's South Island, with a bomb disposal team, ambulance and fire and emergency crews sent to the scene.

"Police have located a package containing a suspected explosive device and ammunition at a vacant address ... in Christchurch," district police commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.

An explosives disposal unit rendered the package safe and a 33-year-old Christchurch man was arrested, the statement said. The police cordon was later lifted.

The New Zealand Herald said police were called due to "threats about an explosive device".
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Sex-scandal hoaxer Jacob Wohl accused of trying to smear presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg


RT
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 16:42 UTC
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Jacob Wohl, who became notorious after his attempt to set up special counsel Robert Mueller on fake rape charges imploded, has been accused of targeting Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg with a similar stunt.

Wohl and Republican lobbyist Jack Burkman reportedly attempted to convince several young Republican men to claim Buttigieg, the gay South Bend, Indiana mayor who has been climbing the Democratic ranks in 2020 presidential polls, sexually assaulted them, according to the Daily Beast, which claims to have spoken to two of the dynamic duo's would-be partners.

One of the would-be victims supposedly provided the Beast with a recording of his meeting with Wohl and Burkman, in which Wohl refers to Buttigieg as a "terminal threat" to the re-election of Donald Trump. The comedy of errors that ensues is almost too ridiculous to be believed - Wohl and Burkman introduce themselves with obvious fake names, attempt to seduce the mark with promises of wealth, fame, and stardom (using Brett Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford as an example of the superstardom awaiting the mark if he just gives a press conference accusing Buttigieg of sexual assault), and promise the mark that there are plenty of "actual victims" just waiting for him to be first. When he demurs, they ask him if he has any friends that would do it.
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Indian counterterrorism agency arrests follower of Sri Lankan bomber who planned terror attack

Rahul Tripathi
India Times
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 16:35 UTC
Moulvi Zahran Hashim, Sri Lanka bombings Easter
© Twitter / DanieleRaineriHashim is suspected to be an organizer of the attacks shortly after senior government officials accused the National Thawheed Jama’ut (NTJ) of involvement, according to multiple media sources. Hashim is both an Imam, and a prolific lecturer for the NTJ, and is said to have used social media to incite violence, including against rival mosques.
A suspect arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Kerala has admitted to be following Sri Lankan bomber Zahran Hashim. The Sri Lankan Cleric behind attacks in Colombo has radicalised several Indian youths in different parts of South India. The Easter attacks, claimed by ISIS, have resulted in death of over 250 people in Sri Lanka.

The accused identified as Riyas A alias Riyas Aboobacker (29), a native of Palakkad in Kerala during interrogation disclosed that has been following speeches/videos of Zahran Hashim of Sri Lanka for more than a year and has also followed the speeches of Zakir Naik. He admitted that he wanted to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala, a statement from the agency said.

"Riyas has been in online contact with absconding accused Abdul Rashid Abdulla @ Abu Isa for a long time and has been following his audio clips including the clip which he had circulated on social media platform instigating others to carry out terror attacks in India. He revealed that he was also having online chat with Abdul Khayoom Abu Khalid, who was believed to be in Syria", the NIA statement added.

Comment: See also:

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Boeing's second largest customer for 737 Max jets turns to Airbus; seeks compensation for grounded planes

Deena Kamel
The National
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
FlyDubai Airbus, Dubai grounded Boeing 737 Max
© ReutersEmirates and Flydubai chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum speaks to reporters at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai.
Flydubai, the second largest customer of the now-grounded Boeing 737 Max jets, is in talks with Airbus for an order of the competing A320 Neo narrow-body model in the absence of a timeframe for the return of the troubled Maxs to the skies.

The low-cost carrier is seeking compensation from Boeing for its grounded 14 Boeing 737 Maxs and believes the US planemaker's communication about fixes on the jet can be improved, Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the carrier's chairman, said at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai on Monday. Flydubai, which operates an all-Boeing 737 fleet, has ordered 250 of the re-engined narrowbody model.

"That gave me an option to talk to Airbus to see what exactly will happen because you have to understand until today we don't have a definite date when this aircraft will be flying," Sheikh Ahmed told reporters. "I cannot just not do anything about it."

Flydubai joins carriers such as Norwegian Air in demanding compensation from Boeing, who is facing mounting costs and a crisis of confidence in its Max jets after the model was involved in two deadly crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia within a span of five months. Flydubai grounded its fleet of 14 Maxs following directives from the UAE aviation regulator in March. The narrowbody aircraft is the workhorse of airlines, especially low-cost carriers.

Comment: Probably a wise response to the situation as it doesn't appear the problems will be quickly solved; and with the level of corruption exposed, caution is well-advised:

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Can the anesthetized West ever enact a real rebellion?

Jason Hirthler
Counterpunch
Mon, 29 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC
Avengers movie poster
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The great religious fabulist Billy Graham once crooned to his audience of wide-eyed acolytes, "I've read the last page of the Bible. It's all going to turn out all right." The assembled flock then fell into a rousing rendition of, "How Great Thou Art." Ah, to have such simple-minded faith. This is evidently what we long for, after all, the credulous faith of children. And you don't have to cast your gaze back to the Nile River Valley or the saline shores of the Dead Sea to discover the human proclivity for savior motifs. Just check the nearest cinema signage or streaming app. From Westeros to Wonder Woman, the public seems to have a bottomless appetite for saviors sweeping in to save civilization - or perhaps to purge it of its more unflattering excrescences. Through the nimbus of a nacreous sky, out of a thick wood, cresting over the roiling waves, dredged up from the sea floor, every corner of the planet has been ransacked for sources of redemption, while the tinseltown scribes continue to scribble their visions of apocalypse. The urge to be saved and the fear of Armageddon come together to a screen near you every six months or so. There's an odd kind of mutualism at work between the Cassandras and Christ-figures.
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Hysteria: Norwegian media suspects beluga whale freed by fishermen was really a 'Russian spy'


RT
Tue, 30 Apr 2019 10:10 UTC
Russia beluga whale harness Norway
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A friendly beluga whale wearing a harness was spotted by Norwegian fishermen and freed from its garment. Now the country's media are speculating that the marine animal must have been working for the Russian Navy.

The Arctic whale was first sighted last Thursday by a group of fishermen off the coast of Ingoya Island in Norway's north. It was quite friendly and willing to play with humans, but what was peculiar about it was the harness it was wearing, public broadcaster NRK reported.

The fishermen took pictures of the animal and reported their find to the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries, which is tasked with freeing whales from ropes, fishnets and other trash in which they may get tangled. The authorities sent a crew to the location and encountered the same whale. They tried to take the harness off, but the beluga would not allow them, so they had to send in a swimmer in a warm suit to relieve the mammal of the attire.
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